CERT Polska is Computer Emergency Response Team which operates within the structures of
Naukowa i Akademicka Sieć Komputerowa
Naukowa i Akademicka Sieć Komputerowa ("Research and Academic Computer Network") or NASK is a Polish research and development organization and data networks operator.
.PL Registry
NASK is the ccTLD registry. While launching in 2003 a domain ...
(Scientific and Academic Computer Network or NASK) – a research institute which conducts scientific activity, operates the national .pl domain registry and provides advanced IT network services. CERT Polska is the first Polish computer emergency response team. Active since 1996 in the environment of response teams, it became a recognised and experienced entity in the field of computer security. Since its launch, the core of the team's activity has been handling security incidents and cooperation with similar units worldwide. It also conducts extensive R&D into security topics.
In 1997, CERT Polska became a member of the international forum of response teams – FIRST, and since 2000 it has been a member of the working group of European response teams –
TERENA
The Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association (TERENA, ) was a not-for-profit association of European national research and education networks (NRENs) incorporated in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The association was originally f ...
TF-CSIRT and an associated organisation Trusted Introducer. In 2005 on the initiative of CERT Polska, a forum of Polish abuse teams was created - Abuse FORUM, while in 2010 CERT Polska joined
Anti-Phishing Working Group
The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) is an international consortium that attempts to eliminate fraud and identity theft caused by phishing and related incidents It brings together businesses affected by phishing attacks: security products and ...
, an association of companies and institutions which actively fight on-line crime.
The main tasks of CERT Polska include:
* registration and handling of network security incidents for Poland and the “.pl” domain name space;
* providing watch & warning services to Internet users in Poland;
* active response in case of direct threats to users;
* cooperation with other CERT teams in Poland and worldwide;
* participation in national and international projects related to IT security;
* research activity in relation to methods of detecting security incidents, analysis of malware, systems for exchanging information on threats;
* development of proprietary tools for detection, monitoring, analysis, and correlation of threat;
* regular publication of CERT Polska Report on security of Polish on-line resources;
* information/education activities aimed at increasing the awareness in relation to IT security;
* performing independent analyses and testing solutions related to IT security.
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CSIRT
A computer emergency response team (CERT) is an expert group that handles computer security incidents. Alternative names for such groups include computer emergency readiness team and computer security incident response team (CSIRT). A more modern ...
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